Yohanes 4:30

4:30 So ¹  they left the town and began coming ²  to him.

Yohanes 11:29

11:29 So when Mary ³  heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.

[4:30]  ¹ tn “So” is supplied for transitional smoothness in English.

[4:30]  ² sn The imperfect tense is here rendered began coming for the author is not finished with this part of the story yet; these same Samaritans will appear again in v. 35.

[11:29]  ³ tn Grk “she”; the referent (Mary) has been specified in the translation for clarity.